Phantom Turd

Visceral Mercenary • May you find your worth in the waking world.

Firstly, my husband works nights and I have clinically diagnosed anxiety.

Two hours ago, I gave my sons their bath and put them to bed. I didn't close the bathroom door.

I'm cleaning, doing my normal nightly thing and go in the bathroom to pee. Before I sit, I notice there is a turd in the toilet. And I am so confused. I know I didn't do it because 1- I'd remember, and 2- there is no toilet paper in the toilet.

I'm wondering how it got there. Wondering if it floated up from the pipes somehow. Wondering if my cat did it. Wondering if someone snuck in my house just to take a shit.

Then I remember that when I took off my two year old's diaper before his bath, he had poop. He wears cloth diapers, so I just dump the poop in the toilet and throw the diapers in the pail. Somehow I just forgot to flush it this time.

So, that's how I sat here confused and kind of freaked out for 15 minutes over a turd.